Writing Action: A Book of Writing Prompts

Lit Starts

by San Francisco Writers' Grotto, Bonnie Tsui (Foreword)

A fill-in book from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, authors of the best-selling 642 Things series.

Focus on a single aspect of the craft of writing with help from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Writing Action kicks off with a foreword by an award-winning author and journalist Bonnie Tsui, who offers pointers for creating page-turning prose. The rest of the book consists of prompts and space to write, providing opportunities to explore how both high-stakes and low-key moments can be action-packed. Among other ideas, you’ll be asked to write an account Perfectly sized to take to a café, on vacation, or on your morning commute, this book is designed for practicing your creative writing a little bit at a time.

Special Features Check out the other books in the Lit Starts Writing Character, Writing Dialogue , and Writing Humor

Genres: Writing

96 pages, Paperback

Published September 10, 2019

Reviews

[Aline Soules · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a fan of all the lit starts books, not only for myself, but for the students in my creative writing classes. There's a brief chapter at the beginning of each book, plus a page of "tips," followed by prompts that you can either "fill in" or write about in your own notebook or on your own computer. Many are unusual and mind-stretching. So good for writers.

[Mills College Library]

808.042 S2249a 2019